Glendale school board hires consultants to assess district’s efficiency
Consultants are preparing to interview Glendale school officials who work in the district’s main office to determine their efficiency as they work to operate and support instruction occurring in the city’s 30 public schools.
The Glendale Unified school board agreed to spend $42,600 in late May to hire consultants through the Sacramento-based School Services of California Inc.
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The board’s approval came about two months after Winfred Roberson Jr. began working as the school district’s new superintendent, following a candidate search that lasted almost a year during which time the district’s top job was in flux.
Three interim superintendents took turns overseeing the district’s operations after its last full-time chief, Dick Sheehan, left Glendale Unified to become Covina-Valley Unified’s superintendent in May 2015.
The current school board has never commissioned this type of review, said Armina Gharpetian, board president.
“This study will inform the superintendent and board of education about how appropriately [Glendale Unified’s] leadership [and] human resources align with the advancement of the district’s mission and goals,” she said in an email.
According to the company’s proposal, consultants will spend one day at the school district’s headquarters to gather data and interview staff and department heads.
Some issues that the consultants will examine include evaluating the current organizational structure, making recommendations to reassign work duties where appropriate and identifying any unnecessary work to eliminate.
The consultants will also work to find ways in which administrative functions can be better coordinated between the school district’s various departments.
They’ll turn around their recommendations in about six to eight weeks, and present their findings to school board members.
“We work to identify areas where gaps exist and isolate the reasons behind them,” the proposal states. “Recommendations are developed to support improvement that is focused on results.”
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Kelly Corrigan, kelly.corrigan@latimes.com
Twitter: @kellymcorrigan
